Eyeshade



P -942. o. BLODJER 2,294,952

EYESHADE Filed June 14, 1939 INVENTOR 0 La U B Z0 ({[61' Patented Sept. 8, 1942 NETED STATES PATENT OFFICE EYESHADE Olav Blodjer, Stockton, Calif.

Application June 14, 1939, Serial No. 279,138

3 Claims.

This invention relates generally to an improvement in eye-shades, and in particular the invention is directed to, and it is my principal object to provide, an eye-shade, wherein the visor panel is transparent and which may be tinted or clear as desired, is disposed in front of the wearers eyes as an effective shield against wind, flying objects and the like, while serving as an eye shade when the same is tinted to cut down glare.

Another object of the invention is to provide an eye shade of the type described, which is so arranged that it causes the wearer no discomfort, provides a free circulation of air about the forehead, and includes a head-engaging member to cushion the visor and absorb perspiration.

A further object of the invention is to provide the visor panel at the lower edge and centrally of its ends with an out-turned safety and strengthening flange, having also other purposes which will be set forth in detail hereinafter.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawing similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure l is a fanciful elevation of a persons head and with the eye-shade in place thereon; the eye-shade being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the device when not in use.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the device when not in use.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the eye-shade illustrating the configuration thereof when in place on a wearers head.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawing, the device comprises a relatively long visor panel I of oblong configuration and of flexible and resilient material such as Celluloid or the like and which may be clear or tinted. Adjacent its ends, panel I is formed with vertical slots 2; there being a head encircling elastic band 3 Whose ends are secured in loop fashion through said slots.

The upper portion of panel I adjacent the longitudinal edge thereof forms a forehead enaging band 4, and immediately below such band there are relatively large elongated openings 5 which extend longitudinally from a central cross strip 6 in a direction toward but terminating short of the ends of said panel and slots 2. The bottom edges of openings 5 are disposed substantially in the plane of the longitudinal median line of the elongated panel. A strip of sponge rubber or similar material 1 is secured on the back surface of the forehead engaging band 4 and extends lengthwise relative thereto.

The lower edge of the panel I is formed with an integral out-turned flange 8 disposed centrally of the ends of said panel and is of substantial length, as shown.

In use, the device is fixed on a persons head in the manner shown in Fig. 1, the visor panel extending from temple to temple and with the sponge rubber strip 1 engaging the forehead. The panel is held in such position by. the elastic band 3' which engages around the wearers head.

When so positioned on a persons head, the main and central portion of the panel is disposed at a downward and outward slope from band 4 and in spaced relation in front of the wearers eyes and the forehead below the sponge rubber stri 1; said strip 1 and the end portions of the panel I being the only portions of the device which engage the wearers face. Not only does the sponge rubber strip 1 serve to cushion the forehead engaging band 4, but also serves to absorb perspiration which may accumulate on the wearers forehead above said strip. As the main and central portion of the panel is spaced in front of the wearers eyes and forehead, a current of air may flow from below the lower edge of said panel behind the same and out through openings 5 providing sufficient circulation of air about the wearers face to assure a maximum of comfort.

The out-turned flange 8 prevents injury to the wearers nose in the event that the panel through accident should be forced downward, and such panel also serves to cause the central area of the panel to be disposed in a relatively flat plane, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, when the device is worn. This is an advantage due to the fact that it makes possible the use of the device by a person who wears glasses, the straight or flat portion of the panel being disposed in front of the wearers glasses and thence bowing rearwardly about the same at the ends. As the flange is integral with the transparent panel I, it does not impair the wearers vision, and in addition to the above described advantages, materially strengthens the visor panel and prevents flapping or vibration of the same due to wind,

The central cross strip 6 disposed between openings and connecting the main portion of panel I with the forehead engaging band 4 lends strength to the device and the head band 4 can be easily adjusted on a persons forehead by manipulating the main portion of the panel I, the movement being transmitted through such strip to the band 4.

The above described device, while being useful for many purposes, is designed especially for motorists, and sportsmen such as hunters, hikers, fishermen, skiers and the like.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination in an eye-shade, a transparent elongated panel of flexibl and resilient material, a longitudinal stiffening element of substantial length on the lower edge of the panel centrally of its end, said stiffening element maintaining the central area of the panel relatively flat, a forehead band disposed above said panel and connected at its ends therewith, said band intermediate said ends being mainly separate from the panel and flexible relative to said central area thereof.

2. An eye-shade comprising a one-piece, transparent, flexible panel of sufficient height to extend from the forehead down to a point some distance below the eyes of the wearer and of sufficient length to extend about the head to terminations beyond the eyes, said panel being longitudinally slotted intermediate its ends between its top and bottom edges but relatively close to the top edge whereby to form a narrow forehead embracing band along the top of and integral with the panel and a head encircling unit connected at its ends to the panel at the ends thereof and at a level below the band.

3. An eye-shade comprising a one-piece, transparent, flexible panel of suflicient height to extend from the forehead down to a point some distance below the eyes of the wearer and of sufficient length to extend about the head to terminations beyond the eyes, said panel being longitudinally slotted intermediate its ends between its top and bottom edges but relatively close to the top edge whereby to form a narrow forehead embracing band along the top of and integral with the panel and a head encircling unit connected at its ends to the panel at the ends thereof, and a stiffening flange extending lengthwise of the panel along its lower edge for a substantial portion of the length thereof.

OLAV BLODJER. 

